Inspiration for the Home from the World of Luxury Hospitality

Like most passionate homeowners, we enjoy discovering design inspiration in all avenues of our daily lives. In short, we are curious design opportunists, always looking for new ideas and spaces that resonate with us. However, one source of inspiration that we have found to be exceptionally rich is that of Hospitality Design (HD).

Given that we often hear seasoned, gifted designers site travel as a critical source of new ideas and inspiration, this insight should come as no surprise to us.

There is an overarching aphorism echoed throughout the hospitality industry:

“It’s all about the experience!”

Thus, hospitality design has much to offer homeowners who are looking for ways to enhance the ambience and comfort of their homes.

On the surface, high-end luxury resort hotels may not appear to have much in common with the day-to-day realities of busy modern households. However, these pillars of opulent, quality standards overflow with both inspirational and practical ideas for any homeowner looking to elevate their at-home sensorial vibe for themselves and their guests.

Having recently attended HD Expo + Conference 2025 (“HD Expo“) held in Las Vegas, we sought advice from a wide range of hospitality experts: designers, manufacturers, suppliers, consultants, and venue operators. Our primary reason for attending the conference was to understand what makes the hospitality experience so unique and memorable. Specifically, what can homeowners learn to replicate the essence of luxury hospitality in their own homes?

In this article, we share a collection of trends, products, and ideas from the hospitality world, that we discovered at this year’s HD Expo. It’s our goal that these insights will help you infuse your own home with extraordinary comfort and experiences for you, your family, and your guests.

Table of Contents

• Current Trends Driving Hospitality Design
• The Intersection of Hospitality & the Home
• Products We Loved at HD Expo 2025
• Shoppable Luxury Hotels
• HD Expo Resources

Also see:

• 10 Great Features That Will Make Any Guest House Spectacular
• 5 Stylish Ideas to Make Your House Look New & Feel Like Home
• 7 Tips on How to Make Your Home Up-to-Date & On-Trend
• More Recommended Interior Design Articles
• Related Topics: ADUs | Interior Design | Home Décor | Entertaining at Home

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Current Trends Driving Hospitality Design

Hotels and resorts invest an enormous amount of time, money, and intelligence in maintaining and elevating guest experiences year over year.

Highly creative and competitive visionaries are constantly developing new features to ensure that guests willfully remain on their properties throughout their stays and remain loyal to their brands in the future. Resorts now offer everything from immersive entertainment spaces to in-room customizations and personalization with information gained through smart technology.

While consumer demand for high-end health, wellness, and safety amenities increase, hospitality brands impressively continue to innovate, while battling labor shortages, increased pricing, supply chain disruptions, and fierce competition.

We were not surprised to learn that most, if not all, prominent themes currently driving hospitality design have also been concurrently influencing residential design:

• Wellness and Therapeutic Focus (including Biophilic Design)
• Sustainable Materials and Practices
• Ease-of-Maintenance
• Experiential Amenities 
• Flexible Layouts and Transformable Design
• Smart Technology

In the case of wellness, hotels and resorts have expanded and evolved physical wellness features (e g. Fitness Centers, Health Spas, In-Room Accoutrements) to encompass mental and emotional comfort. From luxury in-room amenities, such as sleep mists, shower steamers, and pulse point oils, hotels are indulging their guests to focus on their emotional and spiritual health in the privacy and comfort of their rooms.

In concert, room designs are more comforting and tranquil with soft lighting, natural materials and calming color palettes to promote relaxation. Science-backed design — also referred to as Evidence-based Design (EBD) — is playing a key role in understanding emotional and physical reactions to discrete design variables, such as color, materials, auditory influences, scent, and air quality.

An intriguing challenge hospitality designers face is balancing two expectations and preferences of guests that are often at odds with each other:

• A familiar sense of home (e.g. comfortable bedding, peace & quiet, convenient utility)
• Surprising elements of delight (new experiences that raise quality standards beyond what guests may anticipate)

In short, these two goals need to mesh well together to make guests feel special and comfortable.

This goal is being accomplished with the use of smart technology to increase the delight of guests, while providing that exclusivity that they expect. Technology is driving mobile check in and check out, the ability to cast from personal mobile phones popular streaming services, such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, and other AI driven personalization to create unique and well-crafted experiences.

Other interesting trends that are interplaying with Hospitality Design include:

• AI (Artificial Intelligence) design tools being used as prolific “idea” and “pattern” generators
• Designers becoming less enthralled with “trends” and more in tuned with emotional connections to a given space — how a room makes you feel
• Often having to hide function (e.g. electrical plugs) and requisite durability with style
• Designers believing that we are living during an exciting time, as there is a sense of more freedom to express, with innovation fueling an ever growing “toolbox” of methods, materials and products
• Designers increasingly being aware that spaces are experienced with all of our senses — scent and sound, for example, are not relegated to secondary status
• Hospitality design influencing other industries, such as healthcare design and amenities in modern office buildings
• Wellness-focused design is quickly being perceived as “simply good design”

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The Intersection of Hospitality and the Home

The best hotels and resorts create a welcoming atmosphere, much like the quintessential residential host or hostess. In both hospitality and residential spaces, the goal is to establish an environment that is comfortable, inviting, enjoyable and personal.

Providing preeminent accommodations with unsurpassed indulgence, consistently on a daily basis, is only possible with the following capabilities:

• Durability
• Timelessness
• Functionality
• Transformability

Fundamentally, what luxury hotels require in terms of design is in line with what most discerning homeowners would desire for their own properties.

Not surprisingly, luxury hospitality buyers become more risk adverse as the cost and quality increase in their design choices. In other words, the greater the investment, the longer you will want your choices to last. In the hospitality industry, a 5-to-7 year lifespan for key design elements is fairly standard. Spaces with high daily traffic and usage, such as rugs and furniture in common areas, can have much shorter lifespans (e.g. 3 years).

Though commercial grade materials and furnishings may seem like overkill for most residential applications, we disagree. For example, when encountering a furniture style that resonates with you, we strongly recommend investing in materials, treatments and craftsmanship that will endure beyond a 5-to-10 year update average.

Furnishings with physically and aesthetically lasting appeal are symbolic of smart sustainability. Furthermore, designs need to be practical and functional, ensuring that layout designs are well organized and easy to navigate and experience over extended periods.

Both hospitality and residential design should create an impactful experience, be it one of indulgent comfort and extravagance — but it should be memorable. Examples of these lavish comforts would be bidet toilets, spa kits, in-room beverage services, and unforgettable, pleasant aromas and fragrances.

In essence, homeowners should aspire to create the same sense of opulence in their homes that they would enjoy at a 5-star resort, for themselves and their guests.

Hospitality designers admit that the residential and hospitality design spaces are becoming blurred. Here are several topics where hospitality design is directly pertinent to residential spaces with links to corresponding articles:

• Home Bars
• Guest Houses
• Spa Décor
• Entertaining
• Dining Rooms
• Outdoor Furniture
• In-Room Coffee Service
• Acoustic Comfort
• Sensory Gardens

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Products We Loved at HD Expo 2025

While perusing the expo floor, we thought about products used in hospitality that are memorable, that leave a lasting impression, and that favorably remind you of a vacation or a place in time from many years ago.

For instance, we still remember our wedding night whenever we note the aroma of the bath amenities that were, and are still, available at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa. Ocean scents and soft, plush towels, slippers and robes are all a part of that memory, a warm, fond sentiment, that takes us back so many years ago.

When curating this list, we focused on those items that give one a feeling of longing, comfort and good memories, be it something that would leave a lasting image in your mind, or a scent that lingers, or some other sensory appeal that reminds you of that tranquil holiday from years ago.

Addressing the question — what makes a vacation special? — these are our favorite products encountered at HD Expo 2025:

• Products That Delight
• Products That Are Adaptable
• Products That Focus on Wellness

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Products That Delight

• Tuuci
• Kalco Lighting
• Phillip Jeffries
• Danao
• Wolf-Gordon

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Tuuci

The name Tuuci derives from the company’s original name of “The Ultimate Umbrella Company Inc.“— and they mean it! Though they offer so much more than parasols, Tuuci still absolutely excels at their core product line. This year’s Ocean Master Max Bolero Ombré Blossom parasol won Best of Competition in the 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards. At the awards ceremony, the judges gave the following compliments: “the wood looked incredible“; “the project photography was key“; “it projected a sense of playfulness and escape“; “it popped“.

We add that this recently launched product — as well as the larger Ocean Master Mega Max Voilare, which was also majestically on display — combine playful, surprising design, with high-quality materials, precision engineering, elegant aesthetics, robust durability, and highly desireable functionality. These two products deliver on all aspects of excellent hospitality design: they look great; they are enjoyable to experience, whether underneath, nearby or faraway; they become an attractive part of the outdoor landscape and architecture; and they provide protection while still feeling the openness of being outside.

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Kalco Lighting

Kalco’s Cape Wall Sconce won the Lighting Category in the 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards. One judge remarked that the scone is “like a beautiful surprise…like a woman’s purse“. These sconces are yet another example of how innovatively designed lighting can serve as beautiful functional art.

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Phillip Jeffries

Phillip Jeffries won the Wallpaper/Wallcoverings Category in the 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards for their patterns that “popped out” and for being a “good value” as deemed by the judges.

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Danao

Timeless nature-inspired outdoor furniture that is built to last against the elements.

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Wolf-Gordon

Wolf-Gordon produces creative wall treatments, including culturally significant projects, such as this year’s Binya/Comya collection cre­at­ed by Gul­lah Geechee artists and craftspeople.

Also see:

• The Binya|Comya Catalog: Celebrating Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage

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Products That Are Adaptable

• Room & Board Business
• Randy’s Made
• Jaipur Living
• Vertical Ledge
• LES Jardins

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Room & Board Business

Room & Board for Business is all about comfort, utility, design options, adaptability, and durability. Below are just a few examples.

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Randy’s Made

Expertly crafted, solid furniture made in the USA that can be passed down for generations. The company’s name is a proud testament to the committment to excellence this family-owned business holds, as it honors the beloved reputation of the company’s deceased founder, Randy. Though Randy’s Made excels at large restaurant furniture projects, especially involving custom booths, local homeowners are taking advantage of their skills to create custom at-home booths that rival posh restaurants.

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Vertical Ledge

Vertical Ledge makes modifiable carts and kiosks for primary usage in commerical hospitality settings, such as cafes and pop-up shops, but they can also be used for a wide range of other applications, such as: at-home entertaining; home-based businesses; community fundraisers; neighborhood block parties; and patio gardens.

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Jaipur Living 

Rugs inherently can transform any space. In Jaipur Living’s case, leftover rug materials are also transforming how the company manufactures their wares. Their Tufted Manchaha upcycling initiative empowers rural Indian artisans to weave one-of-a-kind rugs using leftover hand-spun yarn, reducing industry waste while creating sustainable livelihoods. Jaipur Living’s was awarded the Carpet & Rug category in the 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards for this innovative program.

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LES Jardins

The stylish and versatile outdoor solar lighting lamps by LES Jardins cast unique light patterns perfect for creating intriguing nighttime ambience wherever you wish.

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Products That Focus on Wellness

• Buzz
• IQ Skyline
• ADA Cosmetics
• Boca Terry

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Buzz

Buzz makes ultra-premium shower gels, body balms, and sleep mists. Their partnerships with top-tier luxury hotels and resorts are vital for maintaining an elevated experience for discerning guests.

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IQ Skyline

IQ Skyline’s Crown Gaming Massage Chair caught our attention for several reasons: sleek style, compact size, embedded bluetooth speakers, and ease-of-use.

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ADA Cosmetics

ADA Cosmetics produces hygienic cosmetic smart care dispensers, and premium skincare products. We admire their pledge to be “surprising, sustainable,and safe“.

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Boca Terry

Boca Terry is a family-owned and operated business dedicated to providing top quality bathrobes, towels, lounge chair covers, and spa products that “just make you feel good“. Nothing quite epitomizes a luxurious experience as does high-quality soft cotton fabric against your skin!

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Shoppable Luxury Hotels

Here are links to online stores where you can purchase various types of products, such as bath accessories, bedding, and even furniture, that are used by leading luxury hospitality brands.

• JW Marriott
• Le Méridien
• The Luxury Collection
• Mandalay Bay
• Mandarin Oriental
• Ritz-Carlton
• Sofitel
• St. Regis
• Waldorf Astoria

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HD Expo Resources

For more information on the HD Expo + Conference 2025, including additional media coverage, visit these links:

• 2025 IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards
• 6 Key Takeaways from HD Expo + Conference 2025
• Best Booth Awards HD Expo 2025
• Visionaries Take the Stage at HD Expo + Conference 2025
• Hospitality Insiders Delve Into the Creative Pulse of Las Vegas
• HD Expo + Conference 2025 Panel Sessions
• Hospitality Design
• Science in Design
• The Art of Manchaha by Jaipur Living
• Hotels at Home Websites

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